×
GreekEnglish

×
  • Politics
  • Diaspora
  • World
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Cooking
Saturday
26
Jul 2025
weather symbol
Athens 32°C
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • World
  • Diaspora
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Mediterranean Cooking
  • Weather
Contact follow Protothema:
Powered by Cloudevo
> World

Rocket carrying new nuclear missile component explodes in late-night test

Officials will investigate the cause of the mishap

Newsroom July 8 06:00

A military rocket exploded Wednesday during the first test launch of a key component of America’s future land-based nuclear missiles.

The rocket, known as the Minotaur II+, blew up about 10 seconds after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, around 11 p.m. local time.

“There were no injuries in the explosion and the debris was contained to the immediate vicinity of the launch pad,” the base said.

Officials will investigate the cause of the mishap.

See Also:

>Related articles

Financial Times: EU–US near agreement on 15% tariffs on European Imports

What are the dirtiest objects in the house that we touch every day

From Crete to Lavrio and from there directly to detention centers: 247 migrants who entered illegally from Libya (videos-photos)

Drug cocktail makes stem cells that could grow organisms from scratch

The Minotaur II+ combines parts of decommissioned Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles and an upper segment of the current Minuteman III nuke to create a missile used for suborbital test launches.

Read more: Air Force Times

Ask me anything

Explore related questions

#failure#missile#nuclear#rocket#test#usa#world
> More World

Follow en.protothema.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news

See all the latest News from Greece and the World, the moment they happen, at en.protothema.gr

> Latest Stories

Dendias: If a conscript sailor is sent to a ship, only the… Archbishop doesn’t call

July 25, 2025

Sacha Baron Cohen’s dramatic transformation to play Marvel’s new villain – See photos

July 25, 2025

Swimming: Spyros Chrysikopoulos breaks all limits and earns a second Guinness World Record for Greece

July 25, 2025

Greece on Red Alert Saturday: Attica and 7 more regions at extreme wildfire risk – Explosive combination of heatwave, winds, and drought

July 25, 2025

The longest solar eclipse in history will plunge earth into darkness for 7 minutes

July 25, 2025

Analysis of University entry scores in Greece: The big climbers, the major drops, and where demand increased

July 25, 2025

Divers plant underwater Posidonia Gardens in Greece – See photos

July 25, 2025

Creepy discovery in Cornwall: Many bodies found in woods – Major police operation

July 25, 2025
All News

> World

Creepy discovery in Cornwall: Many bodies found in woods – Major police operation

It remains unknown so far how many bodies there are, who are the dead and what happened to them - Police forces from all over the country have rushed to the scene

July 25, 2025

Gaza: Malnutrition affects ¼ of the young children examined by Médecins Sans Frontières

July 25, 2025

Trump orders all homeless camps in the US to be dismantled

July 25, 2025

The woman of the infamous hug at the Coldplay concert resigned

July 25, 2025

New Iran-Europeans meeting in Istanbul on the nuclear programme

July 25, 2025
Homepage
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY COOKIES POLICY TERM OF USE
Powered by Cloudevo
Copyright © 2025 Πρώτο Θέμα